Flawed thriller

Rating: 5/10 (6 February 2006)

This is a cool action flick. Ewan McGregor never disappoints, Scarlett Johansson has turned into a capable actor (and quite a babe), and was there ever such a good bad guy as Sean Bean. (Though, Sean Bean also plays good guys quite well. Check out his Richard Sharpe series.) But -- and it is a big "but" -- the movie fails the logic test so badly that it spoiled the whole thing for me somewhat. Hence the 5 of 10 rating. Think about it. If you were running a clandestine clone business for body parts, would you make a 50-something clone of a 50-something man? Would a middle-aged client want half worn-out organs from a middle-aged clone? Of course not. You would use clones that are no more than about say 13 to 15 years old so that your clients would get young, strong body parts. The basic premise of the flick is faulty; otherwise, I would have rated it at 8 or so. Sorry, I can only suspend disbelief so far.